Subject guides: Company, industry and country information: Country information

Business Source Ultimate

Business Source Ultimate
Business Source Ultimate provides access to country reports by several research firms including PRS Group, MarketLine, CountryWatch, and IHS.

How to search for country reports

1) Navigate to the Browse column via the right-hand menu.

2) Click on the Country Reports link.

3) Click on the circle next to By Title, Subject & Description

4) Enter the name of a country into the search box provided.

Fitch Solutions
Access quarterly country risk reports that cover crime and security; labour markets; logistics; operational risk; and trade and investment.

Australia - Austrade's export market profiles
Once you look up a particular country, click on the Doing business link via the left-hand menu to access information on business risks; as well as tariffs and regulations.
Australia - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Check out DFAT's country brief on your selected country.
Australia - Manual of Importing Country Requirements (Micor)
Access the main requirements that producers of Australian agricultural products need to meet to export products to specific countries.
Australia - free trade agreements
Access DFAT's guide to Australia's current and potential free trade agreements.
UK - exporting country guides
Produced by the Department for International Trade for UK businesses.
US - country commercial guides
Produced by the International Trade Administration (part of the U.S. Department of Commerce). Once you look up a country profile, explore the left-hand menu - particularly the Doing Business in section.
US - Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
Once you look up a country profile, explore the left-hand menu.
US - Office of the United States Trade Representative
2020 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers.

UN Comtrade data
Free access to detailed global trade data. UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables.

Passport
Passport provides market intelligence on industries, consumers and countries. The Economies tab at the top of the Passport homepage provides background information on each country e.g. ease of doing business, government stability etc.

Statista
Access statistics and reports on consumer markets, countries, industries, companies, brands, and trends worldwide.

OECD iLibrary
To access country specific publications and statistics by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), select Browse by Country from the menu across the top of the page.

The World Bank - doing business project
View an economy profile + ease of doing business for each country.
The World Bank - country profiles
The World Bank - open data
OECD country pages
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
IMF country information page
International Monetary Fund
Central Intelligence Agency - World Factbook
Produced for US policymakers. Each country profile covers: geography; people and society; government; economy; energy; communications; transportation; military and security; and transnational issues.
globalEDGE country profiles - Michigan State University
Access a country risk assessment via the left-hand menu of each profile page.